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Vol. 61, Issue 75
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PHOTOS: BARRY COULTER AND CHRISTINE MCKIE
THE NEWEST PLAYGROUND IN THE KOOTENAYS: Grade 6 students at T.M. Roberts Elementary School are pictured on board the hemisphere climber, one of several new apparati featured at the school’s new playground, which opened to the fun Wednesday. New spring sunshine beamed down upon the “oodle swing,” the “wee-saw,” and 10-swing set and other state-of-the-art devices, which were installed during a playground bee this weekend. The impetus for the new playground was entirely driven by parent volunteers, and got underway three years ago, under the direction of Olivia Besanger, then head of the school’s playground committee, now a Trustee with District 5’s School Board. A grant from the provincial government helped, and parents Kari Pidskalny and Kelly Andersson (pictured above, at the ground-breaking ceremony) spearheaded the final push. Chris Pidskalny and Erik Andersson oversaw the installation last Friday and Saturday.
Three arrested after home invasion in Cranbrook TOWNSMAN STAFF
RCMP responded to a call about a home invasion early Wednesday morning, April 17, at 6:30 a.m. Police said that three young males forced their way into a residence, assaulted two of the occupants, damaged property in the house and made threats before being
forced outside by another resident at which time they fled on foot. RCMP officers and the Police Service Dog Team responded, and by noon had three male suspects in custody. The suspects’ names are not being released at this time. The suspects are being held pending a
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bail hearing. The RCMP wanted residents to know that this was not a random act and the suspects were known to the victims. Anyone with more information can call the Cranbrook RCMP at 250489-3471 or East Kootenay Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
Kimberley mourns loss of Debbie Blais C A RO LYN GR A N T Daily Bulletin
Friends and co-workers of Debbie Blais, who tragically drowned in a pond at Bootleg Gap Golf Course on Sunday, are trying to come to terms with the loss of a woman who was known, and loved, throughout Kimberley. Blais, 55, was a fa-
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“I wish I could have tapped into how you do it. How do you see the good in everything?” Dr. Ilona Hale miliar, smiling face at the Kimberley Medical Clinic, where she worked for many years. Dr. Ilona Hale
worked with Blais for years and admired her greatly. “She was that amazing kind of person,” Hale said. “I’ve been thinking of how she would talk about a bad situation and always find something good. But it’s hard to find something good in this.”
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